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lease interpretation, and development plans and is the managing attorney for Diamondback’s business development group.
acreage basis. Then, will go over other high level issues seen while auditing.
Bio: Derek Weekly retired from the State of Wyoming Department of Audit after almost 30 years of service. He served as Audit Manager for twenty-five years. As an audit manager, he was responsible for leading, training and supervising a team of auditors in completing audits of state severance
Speaker: Brett Bajon (MFB Law Firm)
Topic: Community Property: The Effect of Same Sex Marriage on Title & Equal Protection: An in depth discussion into same sex marriage laws in various States and the effect they have on issues with title
Bio: Brett is a hometown, Baton Rouge, man through and through. He attended Catholic High School, then went on to Louisiana State University where he graduated with degrees in International Studies and French. After graduating from LSU, he began work as an Independent Professional Landman. He
taxes, state royalties, federal royalties, and ad valorem values. He oversaw audits of oil, gas, coal, coalbed methane, and trona. For the past several years he specialized in oil and gas audits. He was responsible for all in-house training courses and presented on a variety of mineral-related topics to various agencies and state legislative committees. He has also conducted presentations at the COPAS National Meetings, Colorado COPAS Meetings, Oklahoma COPAS meetings, Dallas/Ft. Worth COPAS meetings, the Martindale Consultants sponsored Oil and Gas State Reporting Conference, PASH conference, NAPAC, and PDI conferences. He developed various sampling techniques that are currently being administered and that have been challenged and upheld at the Supreme Court. In his current role of Regulatory Projects Supervisor, he will serve in the capacity of providing training, establishing valuation determination for various clients, professional consultation, litigation support, and assuming a leadership/supervisory role over special projects within the Regulatory Division at Martindale Consultants, Inc. He also has eight years previous work experience as an adjunct faculty instructor at a Wyoming community college where he taught various business, marketing, management and supervision courses. Derek graduated from Regis University with a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He is married to Cindy, and they have four children, D.J., Tanner, Lindsay, and Ryan.
has worked on various kinds of projects including oil & gas title, mineral research and abstracts, lease negotiations and acquisitions, and pipeline right-of-way projects. After working in the oil & gas industry for several years he decided to go back to school. He attended law school at Southern University Law Center and was admitted to practice law in the State of Louisiana in 2016. After being admitted to the bar, he set out to gain experience in several different areas of law including holding the position of General Counsel & Director of Human Resources for a large company. For the last seven (7) years he has been litigating cases in the various fields of law, mostly focusing on family law issues involving community property partitions, child custody/support, spousal support, boundary and other property disputes, breach of contract, oil & gas, etc. He joined Fondren Blaize in March of 2021. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Michelle, and three boys, Lincoln (6), Lawson (4), and Landon (11 months). Brett bleeds purple and gold; he loves attending LSU and Louisiana sporting events including LSU Tiger football, baseball, basketball and other games. He is fluent in French and has even used this in his professional life translating old French documents. He is a member of Baton Rouge Bar Association and was Chairman of the Belly Up with the Bar event in 2019. In 2024, he was named managing partner of the Louisiana Family Law Firm. He has continued to serve his clients’ needs in real estate, divorce, community property, and child custody.
Speaker: Kelly Sandoval, CDOA (Sitio Royalties)
Topic: AI and Automation in Land Administration: Utilizing AI and other automation tools to add efficiencies to DO/Land Administration Processes.
Bio: As VP of Land Administration for Sitio Royalties, Kelly oversees the Division Order, Lease Analyst/Land Reporting, and Revenue Recovery Teams. A graduate of Texas Tech’s Energy Commerce program and Houston native, Kelly began her career with Chevron in 2008. After moving to Colorado in
Speaker: Derek Weekly (Martindale Consultants Inc.)
Topic: Common Finding Areas on Federal Royalty Audits - Emphasis on Federal Allocations: Will discuss the common finding areas while conducting Federal royalty audits. Will focus on the Federal allocation percentages and the background behind these issues to relate it to division orders and the land
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